feio

See also: feîo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feo (“ugly”), from Latin foedus (“hideous”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”). Cognate with Galician feo, Asturian feu and Spanish feo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/ [ˈfeɪ̯.u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.o/ [ˈfeɪ̯.o]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐj.u/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.u/

Rhymes: -eju, -ɐju
Hyphenation: fei‧o

Noun

feio m (plural feios, feminine feia, feminine plural feias)

an ugly person

Adjective

feio (feminine feia, masculine plural feios, feminine plural feias, comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio or feiíssimo, diminutive feiinho, augmentative feião)

ugly (visually unpleasant)
Synonym: feioso

Antonyms: bonito, belo, lindo

prédio feio ― ugly building

jaqueta feia ― ugly jacket

rapaz feio ― ugly young man
(figurative) wrong, immoral
Synonyms: errado, imoral, antiético

Antonyms: correto, moral, ético

Você roubou comida? Que feio!
Have you stolen food? How wicked!
(figurative) disrespectful, impolite, rude
Synonyms: rude, desrespeitoso, deseducado, descortês, errado

Antonyms: educado, cortês, correto

É feio arrotar enquanto se come.
It is rude to burp while eating.

Inflection

Forms of *feio*
	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	feio	feia	feios	feias
comparative	mais feio	mais feia	mais feios	mais feias
superlative	feiíssimo	feiíssima	feiíssimos	feiíssimas
augmentative	feião	feiona	feiões	feionas
diminutive	feiinho	feiinha	feiinhos	feiinhas

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “general”): bonito, belo, lindo

Adverb

feio (comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio)

in an ugly manner
severely, critically, very much (used when the result is negative)
Errou feio! ― You severely missed it!